Harness-saddle



(ModeL) E. R. OAHOONE. Harness Saddle.

No; 242,268. Patented May 31,1881.

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EDWIN R. OAHOONE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,268, dated May 31, 1881.

Application filed April 26, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWIN It. CAHOONE, of Newark, county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Harness-Saddles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to harness-saddle trees, whereby the tree is made very cheaply and desirable, the object being to make an article to meet a demand for simplicity in manufacture and durability in use.

The drawings fully illustrate the improvements. p A is the saddle-frame. a a are the blockin gs. Y) I) are the strengthening-ribs. c is the bolthole to secure the check-hook to the tree. (I is the hole for the screw or its equivalent that secures the seat to the tree. 6 is the seat. f is the crapper-loop. gg are the two parallel loops to hold the back-bands in place. i h is the flap. M are the under pieces. j j are the pins. k is the rivet. 0 is the cross-bar between the loops 9 g. m is the spring.

Figure 1 is an under-side view of one-half of my frame, showing the metal blockings a a, which are about three-sixteenths of an inch thick (and to be regulated by the size of the tree, whether to be thicker or thinner) at the inside, toward the center, and tapering to the thickness of the edges of the frame; also, strengthening-ribs b 1), hole for the bolt-hook c, and hole for the screw or rivets d, the under side of the seat 0, and the crupper-loop f. Fig. 2 is a view of Fig. 1 out off in cross-section at the line a: at, showing the curve at the ends of the frame and the blockin gs a a as they appear from an end View. Fig. 3 is a View of the lower or end portion of my tree, showing (ModeL) the under piece as it sets in its place when put to the tree, to show how it works without the flap but with the metal double loop in its place. Fig. 4. is a view of Fig. 3 cut crosswise at the line 3 3 showing the loop g, the flap It, the spring or stiffener on, the under piece, 2', the pins jj, and the rivet L. Fig. 5 is a view of Fig.3 when flapped and cut in two lengthwise on a line, z z, showing the loops 9 g, the flap h, the under piece, 2', the rivet 7c, and the steel stiffener or spring on. Fig. 6 is aview of one side of loops 9 g, showing the loops 9 g and the rivet 9'.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a harness-saddle, a loop having a crossbar, 0, at the lower part, over which the backbands pass, and loops gg on the top, under which the back-bands pass, secured to the flaps and under pieces by means of a screw or its equivalent, substantially as specified.

2. In a harnesssaddle tree, metal blockings a a, cast to a convex frame and coming to an edge equal in thickness to the substance of the sides of the tree without increasing the thickness of the edge, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with metal back-band loops having loops gg, of the under pieces, 27, the frame A, flaps h, and steel stiffeners m, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. The combination of the metal back-band loop, under pieces, 6, flaps h, stifi'eners m, rivet 7.", and pins j, substantially as and for the purpose described.

EDWIN R. GAHOONE.

Witnesses:

ABRAHAM MANNERS, EDWARD G. ROBERTSON. 

